Reflecting a biblical vision of what every minister is called to be Some Pastors and Teachers is a volume for every minister's study and indeed for the bookshelves and bedside tables of everyone who has a concern for the ministry of the gospel and the well-being of the church in the twenty-first century. In many ways, it reflects the biblical vision of what every minister is called to be: pastor, teacher, counsellor, and example─but also a man who is growing spiritually, both in understanding and in character, before the eyes of his congregation. In five sections and thirty-nine chapters, Sinclair B Ferguson writes on pastor-teachers whose life and work have left an indelible mark on his own life, and then leads us in a series of chapters on the teaching of John Calvin, John Owen and the seventeenth century Puritans. This is followed by studies of Scripture, the ministry of the Spirit, the nature of Biblical Theology, the work of Christ, adoption, the nature of the Christian life and other important doctrines. The final section discusses various aspects of preaching, including preaching Christ from the Old Testament, the importance of theology, reaching the heart, and concludes with a decalogue for preachers. All this, as the epilogue makes clear, is set within the context and goal of doxology. Here is a book to return to again and again, for instruction, for challenge, and also for enjoyment. While written particularly with ministers in view its style makes it accessible to all. Table of Contents:- INTRODUCTION xi I PASTORS AND TEACHERS: THREE JOHNS 1 John Calvin: Pastor-Teacher 3 2 John Owen: Pastor and Teacher 21 3 John Murray: Teacher of Pastors 39 II JOHN CALVIN: PASTOR-TEACHER 4 A Heart for God 65 5 Manifested in the Flesh: John Calvin on the Reality of the Incarnation 77 6 John Calvin: Commentator for Preachers 93 7 Christology and Pneumatology: John Calvin, the Theologian of the Holy Spirit 107 8 Calvin and Christian Experience: the Holy Spirit in the Life of a Christian 135 9 Calvin on the Lord's Supper and Communion with Christ 153 III PURITANS: PASTORS AND TEACHERS 10 Puritans: Ministers of the Word 167 11 John Owen and the Doctrine of the Person of Christ 193 12 John Owen on the Glory of Christ 217 13 John Owen on the Priesthood of Christ 229 14 John Owen and the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit 241 15 John Owen on Christian Piety 263 16 Some Thoughts on Reading the Works of John Owen 299 17 John Flavel and the Mystery of Providence 309 18 Preaching the Law of God: Reformers and Puritans 325 IV THE PASTOR AND TEACHING 19 How Does the Bible Look at Itself? 349 20 Scripture and Tradition 373 21 The Holy Spirit and the Holy Scriptures: Inerrancy and Pneumatology 393 22 What Is Biblical Theology? 417 23 'Hallowed Be Thy Name': the Holiness of the Father 449 24 Christus Victor et Propitiator: the Death of Christ, Substitute and Conqueror 465 25 Sola Fide 487 26 Assurance Justified 505 27 Christian Spirituality: the Reformed View of Sanctification 521 28 Reformed Theology─Reformed Lifestyle 553 29 The Reformed Doctrine of Sonship 579 30 Some Reflections on the 'First Title' of the Holy Spirit 591 31 Repentance, Recovery, and Confession 603 V THE PASTOR AND PREACHING 32 The Bit, the Bridle, and the Blessing: An Exposition of James 3:1-12 627 33 Exegetical Preaching 651 34 Preaching Christ from the Old Testament Scriptures 669 35 The Preacher as Theologian 685 36 Preaching the Atonement 697 37 Preaching to the Heart 717 38 Preaching and the Reformed Theological Tradition 733 39 A Preacher's Decalogue 753 EPILOGUE: Doxology 767 SCRIPTURE INDEX 777 GENERAL INDEX 791 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 79

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